Hoarse Voice? There's Many Reasons for Rasping, Experts Say
SUNDAY, May 23, 2021 -- Hoarseness is common and there are many causes, an expert says. " About one-third of us will develop some sort of voice problem in our lifetime, " said speech language pathologist Carrie Ruggiero, who sees patients at Penn... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
What Are Some Etiologies for Intellectual Disability?
Discussion
“Intellectual disability (ID) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by deficits in both intellectual functioning and adaptive function whose onset is in the development period.” Global developmental delay (GDD) is used to describe children from 0-5 years old with significant delays in 2 or more developmental areas. These delays may be transient but up to 2/3 of children with GDD will have ID. Overall 1-3% of the general population has ID which makes it very common.
Most children with GDD/ID are identified because of delays in meeting milestones or general academic achievement. ID pat...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 3, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Author Christina Hunger on How She Taught Dog to Talk
How? ... Hunger, a speech-language pathologist, has affixed to a board on her floor several dozen programmable buttons with words recorded on them. ... Stella has learned to press the appropriate b... (Source: AARP.org News)
Source: AARP.org News - May 2, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Five home health agencies compete to add services in Mecklenburg County
Five home health companies are competing to add services in Mecklenburg County.
The companies — BAYADA Home Health Care, Aldersgate Home Health, PHC Home Health, PruittHealth @ Home-Charlotte and Well Care Home Health — filed certificate-of-need applications with the state this month to open a new agency.
Home health is a type of outpatient care, which can include nursi ng care, physical therapy, speech therapy, social services and medical supply services, to name several.
This month's proposed… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - April 22, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Caroline Hudson Source Type: news
Quebec widens priority vaccination to more chronic conditions, people with disabilities
As of April 28, everyone who has a physical or intellectual disability will be able to make an appointment. This includes people with speech, language, visual, auditory impairments or autism. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
What Are Recommendations for Using Portable Listening Devices?
In this study listening to audiobooks, movies, or playing videogames was less likely to exceed the threshold. However the use of PLDs has increased overtime, particularly with the need for online educational activities due the COVID-19 pandemic. Use of PLDs particularly in the setting of other ambient noise and the duration of the activities may have changed since this and other studies were published.
Problems associated with increased noise aren’t just hearing loss but other aural problems including tinnitus, sound distortion, difficulty understanding speech, dizziness, and earache. Other “extra-auditive da...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 5, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Quasi-contextualized speech treatment in traumatic brain injury inpatient rehabilitation: effects on outcomes during the first year after discharge - Beaulieu CL, Peng J, Hade EM, Montgomery E, Gilchrist K, Corrigan JD, Horn SD, Bogner J.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of providing quasi-contextualized speech therapy, defined as metacognitive, compensatory, or strategy training applied to cognitive and language impairments to facilitate the performance of future real-life activities, on ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Blue Cross extends virtual-care coverage through the end of 2021
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announced Monday it would extend its modified virtual-care coverage through the end of 2021.
The covered services include behavioral health, physical and speech therapy, and medication management. The changes apply to people with fully insured commercial plans, individuals who purchase Blue Cross insurance and seniors with Medicare plans. Self-insured employers can choose to make the chan ges for their plans as well.
Eagan-based Blue Cross first announced… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - February 11, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Carrigan Miller Source Type: news
The Housing Market Is Booming, But Millions of Americans Face Eviction —and the Gap Is Getting Worse
In late February, Jessica Bonner-Gomez, an elementary school speech-language pathologist, signed a yearlong lease for an apartment in Birmingham, Ala. She and her husband, a hospital nurse, thought it would be a temporary move. The couple had recently qualified for a real estate purchase in a housing subdivision, but could only afford the down payment if they tapped into their retirement funds. Ultimately, they decided to save more cash while paying rent.
Bonner-Gomez was making enough to cover expenses and grow her savings. She supplemented her $1,000-per-week income with teaching and tutoring jobs that paid about $400 a ...
Source: TIME: Health - December 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Barone Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Economy Source Type: news
Newfound ability to change baby brain activity could lead to rehabilitation for injured brains
(King's College London) Researchers from King's College London have identified the brain activity for the first time in a newborn baby when they are learning an association between different types of sensory experiences. Using advanced MRI scanning techniques and robotics, the researchers found that a baby's brain activity can be changed through these associations, shedding new light on the possibility of rehabilitating babies with injured brains and promoting the development of life-long skills such as speech, language and movement. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 23, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Parkinson's patients use telehealth access for speech improvement during pandemic
(Purdue University) SpeechVive Inc. announced Thursday (Nov. 19) it is making its remote calibration software and training available free during the COVID-19 global health crisis. The software and training are available to all speech-language pathologists and their patients, as well as VA medical centers and veterans with Parkinson's disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury in the acute care setting: assessment and management practices of speech-language pathologists - Morrow EL, Hereford AP, Covington NV, Duff MC.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To characterize current knowledge, beliefs, confidence, and practice patterns of acute care speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in assessing and managing cognitive-communication disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI).
RESEA... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Making an important pediatric diagnostic test easier to swallow
(Medical University of South Carolina) To diagnose swallowing problems, speech-language pathologists rely on a 'gold-standard' test that has the drawback of exposing children to ionizing radiation. Because the risks of exposure are unknown, clinicians approach the test with a great deal of variability, sometimes reducing radiation but at the cost of diagnostic power. A Medical University of South Carolina researcher has received a grant to gather evidence to guide clinicians to achieve diagnostic accuracy without compromising safety. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Coronavirus Shutdowns Leave Disabled Students Behind, Parents Say
BOSTON (AP) — At school, Rose Hayes, 8, works with a team of teachers and therapists trained to help with her genetic condition. They set goals for her reading, give her physical therapy to improve her balance and make sure she stays on track. But for the last two weeks, her only connection to school has been through a computer screen.
Rose, home amid the coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered schools across the country, now watches lessons her teacher posts to YouTube. Her therapists check in via video chat. In between, she works through daily assignments.
Her parents say it’s the best they can expect, but they still...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Education Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Coronavirus Source Type: news
Long-term follow-up of use of therapy services for patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury - Andelic N, Forslund MV, Perrin PB, Sigurdardottir S, Lu J, Howe EI, Sveen U, Rasmussen MS, S øberg HL, Røe C.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the probabilities and baseline predictors of the use of physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy over a period of 10 years after traumatic brain injury. DESIGN: Longitudinal prospective follow-up at 1, 2, 5 a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
